October 05, 2006

New pathway Gabriel Corfas (from left), Sergio Pablo Sardi, Joshua Murtie, and Samir Koirala watch from behind a protective shield as Sardi manipulates a pipette. The team discovered a pathway that is vital for the orderly development of different types of brain cells. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Stem cells, women's rights talk kicks off lecture series
Thompson discusses politics of stem cell science

Important signal uncovered in brain development
May be involved in Alzheimer's disease

Arthropods invade Harvard Museum of Natural History
Creatures that go bump in the night step into the spotlight

NSF awards Harvard Forest $4.9 million to study landscape change
Scientists to examine forest response to natural and human disturbances

Genetic 'roadmap' charts links between drugs and human disease
Lamb, Golub and colleagues create public database of genomic signatures

Norwegian parliamentarians visit Harvard to learn and to teach

Don't IgNore it! It's Ig Nobel time again